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- LETTER | The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP) kick-started with a lot of fanfare. Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin received his first vaccine in public on February 24. Three months later, the people expressed their dissatisfaction and lamented that the vaccination rate is too low, alleging that it is mainly due to the government being slow and incompetent. Often, the “better” countries they cited are Singapore, European Union countries, the United States, Israel and so on. I would like to offer an objective perspective on the national vaccination programme. Often the public...

Spiking infections on heels of lagging vaccination rate raising concern 24 May 2021 / 08:57 H. PETALING JAYA: The numbers are alarming. New Covid-19 infections and the death toll have increased significantly, yet the vaccination exercise continues at a snail’s pace. Malaysia is reporting more than 6,000 new cases daily now, the highest in Southeast Asia, and neck and neck with the Philippines at the top of the chart. Yet, it has also achieved among the lowest rate of vaccination. World Health Organisation tracking data shows that as of last Friday, only 931,000 people have been fully vac...

Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin received his first vaccine in public on February 24. Three months later, the people expressed their dissatisfaction and complained that the vaccination rate was too low, alleging that it is mainly due to the government being slow and incompetent. Often, the ‘betters’ they cite are Singapore, European Union countries, the United States, Israel and so on. I would like to offer an objective perspective on the national vaccination programme. Often, the public judges a policy or a programme by its immediate outcome. In this case, the current number and percentag...